The man tapped to be the next secretary of energy, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, recently compared the danger of climate change to a problem with electrical wiring in a house.
One third of carbon pollution comes from the 600 coal powered plants. If the proposed 70 new plants are built it will add an additional 200 million tons of global warming pollution each year. Wind power can produce 3 times as many jobs.
The continued over fishing has dire consequences for the Bering Sea. The pollock numbers have dropped 50% in 1 year. The pollock is the foundation of the Bering Sea food chain.
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